Prolonged exposure to adverse weather conditions can significantly reduce the lifespan of outdoor wooden structures.
长期暴露于不利的天气条件会显著缩短户外木质结构的使用寿命。
Which choice best defines “adverse”?
C — Unfavorable or harmful. “adverse” means unfavorable or harmful.
Which word means “unfavorable or harmful”?
C — adverse. “adverse” means unfavorable or harmful.
adverse — unfavorable or harmful. In Chinese: 不利的，有害的.
adverse is pronounced /ˈædvərs/.
Prolonged exposure to adverse weather conditions can significantly reduce the lifespan of outdoor wooden structures. (长期暴露于不利的天气条件会显著缩短户外木质结构的使用寿命。)
harmful, detrimental, unfavorable — all close in meaning to adverse (unfavorable or harmful).
favorable, beneficial — each the opposite of adverse (unfavorable or harmful).
Yes. adverse is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
ad-(towards)+vers(turn)→turn towards an unfavorable direction